CDTA offers an anniversary bargain fare

The Capital District Transportation Authority, which is celebrating its 40th anniversay this year, will roll back fares for one day only to 40 cents, the fare it charged when it first took over bus service in the Capital Region back in the early 1970s. The fare will be offered throughout its system on Thursday, Sept. 16.

Exact change is required.

CDTA has carried more than half a billion passengers in the four decades since it assumed the operations of the United Traction Co., the Albany-Nassau Bus Co., the Schenectady Transit System, and the Troy-Fifth Avenue Bus Co.

In addition to city and commuter buses, it also operates two railroad stations, although it doesn’t offer any commuter rail or light rail service. It has more than 700 employees and transports 45,000 people each weekday.